The 1986 Goodwrench 500 was the third stock car race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event.

[1][2] To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Harry Gant and owner-driver Richard Petty finished second and third, respectively.

North Carolina Motor Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965.

In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length.

Terry Labonte, driving for Hagan Enterprises, managed to win the pole, setting a time of 25.017 and an average speed of 146.348 miles per hour (235.524 km/h) in the first round.